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The war horses rumbled, and the cavalry of the Jin army was close at hand.

The guards of the forbidden army lined up in a circle for defense, with chariot formations on the periphery, spearmen on the inside, and short swordsmen and archers on the inside. And the center is a large number of reserves, dedicated to filling loopholes. This is the most typical infantry formation, it doesn't need too many bells and whistles, it doesn't change much, just a turtle shell, a hedgehog.

The chariot formation formed a perimeter line of defense to prevent the cavalry from rushing in; And the spearmen did a good job of remedy, and assassinated the intruding cavalry in time; And the archers are responsible for long-range strikes, responsible for relieving the pressure on chariot formations and spear formations; The short knife hand in the back is used as a supplement to the spearman.

These formations only occupy half of the soldiers, and half of the soldiers serve as reserves.

This time, the Jin army had 3,000 cavalry, all of whom were the elite of the Jin army, and they were good at cavalry and archery; And the Song army is also three thousand, his guard, and the most elite soldier of the eight-character army.

"Li Pojun, you command this battle!" Zhao Pudao.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" A hint of blush flashed on Li Pojun's face, and he seemed to be a little excited. Since joining the army, he has also fought against the Jin army many times, but this time he is leading the army independently.

It was the first time to lead the army independently, and His Majesty entrusted life and death to him, so that he could resist the attack of the Jin army, what an honor.

"Your Majesty, rest assured! Even if he dies, he won't let Jin Jun step into the circle! Li Pojun's face was red and his expression was excited.

"Lao Tzu is a hero, he has thirteen sons, and Zong is old and old, and Zong is resourceful. Zongfu is wise, and Jin Wushu is just a little cub who hasn't grown up, so it's not enough to be afraid! Zhao Pu said calmly, "Hold the military formation, and when the defenders in Xiangyang City are dispatched, my eight-character army brothers will attack, and they will encircle and kill the Golden Vultures." In the past, we have killed many generals of the Jin Army, but they are all small miscellaneous fish; And this time it's the prince, if you kill him. I've given you a title! ”

"Your Majesty, it seems that the marquis is a little too much!" Zhao Avenue on the side.

Maybe Zhao Da didn't notice it, but at this moment he was a little jealous, or it was the mountainism within the Eight-Character Army, and the party struggle within the Eight-Character Army began. But. Zhao Pu doesn't care, only he is alive. The partisanship was under his control; Proper vs. partisanship. On the contrary, it is conducive to his control of the eight-character army.

If it is a middle-level and high-ranking general in the eight-character army, they are all of one heart, without a trace of filth, Zhao Pu is worried.

If there is a struggle for power, there will be endless party struggle.

What Zhao Pu has to do is to reasonably guide the party struggle. So that the party struggle does not threaten the interests of the state and does not harm the interests of the king.

Zhao Pu said calmly: "After Yan is beaten, there are only a dozen little cubs." If you can use a dozen marquis, in exchange for the lives of those dozen little cubs. It's worth it! ”

Li Pojun said: "Your Majesty, wait!" Weichen must have cut off the head of Jin Wushu and earned that Wanhu Hou for his children and grandchildren! ”

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At this moment, Li Pojun waved his army and commanded the battle of the three thousand guards.

And Zhao Pu was leisurely again, as if this war had nothing to do with him. In fact, the war does not have anything to do with him, he is not needed to rush forward to kill, the individual combat ability of the guards, group cooperation and so on, are far superior to him, and it is also a burden to rush forward and kill; He was not needed to command operations, and any of the generals present were more capable of commanding than him.

More importantly, in many previous battles, Zhao Pu was on the front line many times to boost the morale of the whole army, but he never served as a front-line commander.

Specialists, do specialists!

Zhao Pu felt that he was the emperor, and he didn't need to rush forward to kill before the guards died; And when the guards are almost dead, there is no point in him charging into battle.

At this moment, he is sitting here and not afraid of danger, which is the best support for these guards.

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"Attack!"

The cavalry of the Jin Army, which was like a tide, fan-shaped movement in the outer city, kept approaching the periphery, did not blindly rush into battle, but drove the horse, while bending the bow and arrows, and threw them into the formation. The main fire was to shoot into the circle array, spearmen and short knife hands, causing casualties to the Song army, thus causing panic.

As long as the Song army panicked and the formation was chaotic, the Jin army would send heavy cavalry to cut through the enemy formation, so as to divide the large formation and disintegrate the military formation.

The army was in chaos, and the Song army was herding sheep, and they only needed to swing their knives and slash and reap the fruits of victory.

"Raise your shield!" At this time, the shield bearers of the Song army raised their shields in unison, raised them above their heads, and the rain of arrows fell on them, making a clanging sound, and then most of them landed, only a few arrows pierced their bodies. It's just that this little spare strength can't penetrate the armor of the Song army soldiers at all, and only a dozen people were slightly injured, and none of them were seriously injured.

At the same moment, the crossbowmen in the back lay on the ground, opened the crossbow with the help of waist force, kicked the machine with both feet, and put the crossbow arrows on the box, and then shot out in a volley, also throwing them into the air.

The rain of arrows in the sky returned fire.

The Jin army's riding bow is a double-arm bow with a short range; However, the Song army guards used their waist strength to open bows and crossbows, and the range was longer.

Immediately, the armor on the cavalry of the Jin Army in the front row was pierced, and they all fell to death and fell off their horses.

In the first encounter, the Song army suffered dozens of minor casualties, and the Jin army suffered dozens of casualties.

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"This is Song Jun's Divine Arm Crossbow!" The Golden Vulture in the distance frowned and said, such casualties made him feel a little distressed, "It hurts my cavalry a lot!" ”

"The Song army is a coward, and the Divine Arm Crossbow is a coward's weapon!" Han Chang said disdainfully, "The divine arm crossbow is a sharp weapon in the era of the Divine Sect, the bow body is three feet three feet long, the string is two feet five, the mountain mulberry is the body, the sandalwood is the bow, the iron is the gun chamber, the steel is the machine, the hemp rope is the string, and the silk is the string." The firing range is more than 340 paces, and the effective firing range is more than 240 paces, which is claimed to be beyond the reach of other equipment. ”

"It's just that this kind of weapon is too expensive, the price of making a divine arm crossbow can make ten good bows, and only the wealthy Song people can equip them in large quantities, and our dynasty can't afford to equip them; The internal structure of the Divine Arm Crossbow is complex and easily damaged, more than ten times that of an ordinary good bow; The Divine Arm Crossbow costs too many arrows, and the power is violent, but it is difficult to last, it is just to scare people; And the Divine Arm Crossbow is too bulky and suitable for infantry, but not for cavalry, and is useless against our court! ”

In one breath, Han Chang summed up the many shortcomings of the Divine Arm Crossbow, such as burning money, complexity, high damage rate, arrow consumption, and bulkiness

Jin Wushu nodded, praising in his heart.

On the battlefield, use the most practical weapons rather than the most powerful ones.

The structure of the divine arm crossbow is complex, but if you want to seize the last one, it is not difficult to imitate it. However, whether it is the Western Xia, the Khitan, or the Jurchen, they are not equipped with a large number of divine arm crossbows, because they are very chicken ribs and are not suitable.

As a result, the Divine Arm Crossbow has always been the weapon of the cowardly army of the Song Dynasty. (To be continued......)